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Para Mi Viejo (A Forever Demo)

from Pigeons on the Grass, Alas by Tête-à-Tête

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    one of my father's favorite boleros -- "en mi viejo san juan" -- i meant to perform it for him but never got the chance. he passed a few weeks ago, however, i did get around to recording myself practicing it prior to & here it is -- a forever demo for u dad


    live recording via computer microphone
    ft. me, my acoustic guitar, & my loud family having a conversation in another room
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one of my father's favorite boleros -- "en mi viejo san juan" -- i meant to perform it for him but never got the chance. he passed a few weeks ago, however, i did get around to recording myself practicing it prior to & here it is -- a forever demo for u dad

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live recording via computer microphone
ft. me, my acoustic guitar, & my loud family having a conversation in another room

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En mi viejo San Juan
Cuantos sueños forjé
En mis noches de infancia
Mi primera ilusión
why mis cuitas de amor
Son recuerdos del alma
Una tarde me fuí
hacia a extraña nación
Pues lo quiso el destino
Pero mi corazón
Se quedo frente al mar
En mi viejo San Juan
Adiós (adiós adiós)
Borinquen querida (tierra de mi amor)
Adios (adios adios)
Mi diosa del mar (mi reina del palmar)
Me voy (ya me voy)
Pero un dia volveré
A buscar mi querer
A soñar otra vez
En mi viejo San Juan
Pero el tiempo pasó
why el destino burló
Mi terrible nostalgia
why no pude volver
Al San Juan que yo amé
Pedacito de patria
Mi cabello blanqueó
why mi vida se va
Ya la…

--Noel Estrada, 1942

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from Pigeons on the Grass, Alas, track released March 1, 2018

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